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Duct Tape Armor

I'm planning (Read: Going forth with no idea what to do) on making a suit of armor completly made out of duct tape. (Partially made a gauntlet, so it might work) But here's the question I have;
Should I post an instructable on each peice (Gauntlet, Helmet, Greives) by itself, or as one big instructable that might have a million steps (Okay, not that many)?
I'm leaning more to the idea of one peice at a time, and then when I'm done just putting them all together into one big instructable. What do you all think?
And is this project even worth doing?
(Will add picture of sad gauntlet reject at later date)

After reading this a couple of weeks ago I got inspired to build a duct tape gauntlet. It fits well, looks good, is made of pure duct tape, and is easy to remove. Took about an hour. Never made a second one, because that would involve being coordinated with my left hand. Want pics?

As long as it eventually "is put together" since it is all related, I would say that is an ok way to construct it.

And, ...is this project even worth doing? IF you can get it to work out without it being a sticky "trap" a person can't extract themselves from, or something that just looks like a dark gray mummy, I would say go for it. You still may need something to "stick" the duct tape to however...

Oh, I've figured out how to put on and take off peices really easily. Although, it does require maintenence every couple of wears. Though it will be easy to fix. So basicly right now my job is to figure out how to make something easy even easier... Buckles out of tape anyone?

they are easy: make a thin strip of tape, no more than an inch. then, attach it to one side in desired manner. wrap part in 1-inch thick strip, sticky side out. stick to desired location on other side. cover stickyness with one inch strip and tape on thoroughly. one strap, finished.

Well, I have he Duct Tape helmet instructable up now. Go check it out. It came out alright. Although, I'll probably make another one for halloween, if I don't try to go as a Team Fortress II Character.

As GH said - as long as each piece is compatible with the previous pieces, piece-by-piece is fine. Make sure you add links to the other parts when you post a new one 9and edit older projects to add links to newer projects.

I think piece by piece would be better. My last instructable could have been broken up into several pieces but i stuck them all together. I thought it came out somewhat okay but it had 50 pictures i had to upload. And it ended up looking like several slide shows.